All language subtitles for Earth.Odyssey.With.Dylan.Dreyer.S05E20.1080p.WEB.h264-DiRT_track3_[eng]

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NARRATOR: WHEN YOU SEE THIS
SYMBOL, YOU KNOW YOU'RE

WATCHING TELEVISION THAT IS
EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL.

THE MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

DYLAN: HI EVERYONE, I'M DYLAN
DREYER.

GET READY FOR A SAFARI THROUGH
THE SAVANNAH ON "EARTH ODYSSEY."

TODAY, WE'RE GETTING UP CLOSE
AND PERSONAL WITH THE MOST

FAMOUS FACES OF THE AFRICAN WILD
LIKE THIS HULKING HERD THAT

FINDS STRENGTH IN NUMBERS.

PLUS, A SCALY SUNBATHER WHO
CAN'T HELP BUT ENJOY ITS

WATERFRONT PROPERTY.

AND LATER, WE'LL MEET A MAMMAL
THAT CERTAINLY "NOSE" HOW TO

DEFEND ITSELF.

BUT OUR JOURNEY BEGINS WHERE THE
GROUND SHAKES FROM THE HEAVY

STEPS OF AFRICA'S BIGGEST
SUPERSTARS.

THE ADVENTURE IS ABOUT TO BEGIN
HERE ON "EARTH ODYSSEY".

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: AFRICA IS A TRULY
INCREDIBLE REGION WITH SO MANY

OF OUR WORLD'S MOST ICONIC
ANIMALS MAKING THEIR HOME WITHIN

ITS BORDERS.

WHILE DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS
ACROSS THE CONTINENT BOAST A

MYRIAD OF UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL
ANIMAL SPECIES, IT IS THE

SAVANNAH THAT IS THE TRUE GEM OF
AFRICA'S WILDLIFE.

IT'S A REGION PACKED WITH FAMOUS
FACES THAT ARE FOUND NOWHERE

ELSE ON THE PLANET AND NEVER
FAIL

TO IMPRESS AND AMAZE.

BEING A TRUE SUPERSTAR OF THE
SAVANNAH IS NO EASY TASK; IT

TAKES WORK AND RESILIENCE.

ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES IS THE
ELEPHANT WHO MUST PUT IN

OVERTIME WHEN IT COMES TO
MEALTIME TO KEEP UP ITS

STAGGERING SIZE.

WITH ITS IMPRESSIVE BULK AND
CONSTANT MOVEMENT, AN ELEPHANT

MUST EAT 200 TO 600 POUNDS OF
FRESH FOOD A DAY.

AND THAT'S AN UNCHALLENGEABLE
RECORD.

[MUSIC AND NATURE SOUNDS]

DYLAN: AN ADULT ELEPHANT IS
CAPABLE OF UPROOTING A TREE AND

CLEARING AWAY BRANCHES THAT
MIGHT BLOCK ITS PASSAGE.

THIS BABY ELEPHANT IS ALREADY
AWARE OF ITS STRENGTH AND HAS

THE FEELING THAT NOTHING CAN
STOP IT.

BUT IT'S AT THE FOOT OF THE
ELEPHANT THAT WE FIND A CHAMPION

OF PURE STRENGTH.

FOR ITS SIZE, THE DUNG BEETLE IS
THE STRONGEST INSECT IN THE

WORLD, CAPABLE OF SHIFTING A
MASS

1,141 TIMES ITS OWN WEIGHT.

[MUSIC AND NATURE SOUNDS]

DYLAN: THESE BEETLES ARE
ROLLING AS BEST THEY CAN A BALL

MADE UP OF ANIMAL WASTE AND
CLAY.

WHATEVER OBSTACLE IT MAY
ENCOUNTER, THE DUNG BEETLE

ALWAYS MAKES A STRAIGHT LINE
TOWARDS ITS OBJECTIVE,

TAKING THE SHORTEST PATH.

THE DUNG BEETLE'S JOURNEY
CROSSES THE HUNTING GROUND OF A

VERVET MONKEY WHO IS HARD AT
WORK FEASTING ON WIND INSECTS.

THIS DINNER PARTY ATTRACTS A
STRIPED CUCKOO.

AND A MONITOR LIZARD AS WELL.

AND WE ARE WATCHING A VERITABLE
COMPETITION BETWEEN A REPTILE,

A BIRD, AND A MAMMAL.

THE WINNER IS THE ONE THAT SHOWS
THE MOST SKILL IN CATCHING THE

MOST VICTIMS.

[ADVENTUROUS MUSIC AND NATURE
SOUNDS]

DYLAN: THERE ARE SO MANY
INSECTS THAT STATISTICALLY THEY

HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF ESCAPING
FROM THEIR GREEDY PREDATORS.

HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOT OUT OF
TROUBLE YET.

THIS TRAP WAS LAID BY THE
TROPICAL TENT-WEB SPIDER, A

SPECIES OF COMMUNAL SPIDER.

WHEN AN INSECT IS CAPTURED, AN
ENTIRE LITTLE TEAM WORKS ON

BRINGING THE VICTIM INTO THE
HEART OF THE NEST.

[ADVENTUROUS MUSIC AND NATURE
SOUNDS]

DYLAN: THESE SPIDERS, THAT ARE
LESS THAN AN INCH LONG, BUILD

GIGANTIC WEBS THAT ARE SEVERAL
SQUARE FEET ACROSS; A

PERFORMANCE THAT ENTITLES THEM,
CONSIDERING THEIR SIZE, TO BE

MEMBERS OF A GREAT TEAM--THE
SUPERSTARS OF THE SAVANNAH.

WHEN WE COME BACK, SIZE AND BULK
MAKE THE PERFECT CUDDLING

CONDITIONS AMONG THESE
HERBIVORES.

AND GET A LOOK AT SOME REAL
REPTILE R&R.

PLUS, A MUSCLE-BOUND MAMMAL YOU
WOULDN'T WANT TO MESS WITH.

ALL THIS AND MORE COMING UP ON
"EARTH ODYSSEY."

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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: THIS FEATHERY NATIVE MAY
SEEM LIKE JUST ANOTHER BIRD, BUT

IT IS IN FACT AN IMPORTANT PART
OF EACH HERD OF MAMMALS

IN THE SAVANNAH.

IT'S THE RED-BILLED OXPECKER AND
IT'S THE BEST FORM OF PEST

CONTROL IN THE AFRICAN WILD.

THE OXPECKER HAS THE ADVANTAGE
OF VERY CURVED AND SHARP CLAWS

WHICH HOOK ON LIKE A
MOUNTAINEER'S CRAMP-ONS TO THE

SKIN OR FUR OF ANIMALS WHILE
THEY GO ABOUT

THEIR CLEANING SERVICE.

THE ANIMAL CAN SHAKE ITS HEAD
AND START WALKING, BUT THE

OXPECKER HANGS ON TIGHTLY AND
CARRIES ON EATING REGARDLESS.

[ADVENTUROUS MUSIC AND NATURE
SOUNDS]

DYLAN: ITS BEAK WORKS LIKE A
PAIR OF SCISSORS, CLIPPING AWAY

AT GREAT SPEED.

IN SEQUENCES LASTING ONE MINUTE,
IT DIGS OUT AND SWALLOWS

HUNDREDS OF PARASITES.

THIS ACCOMMODATING AVIAN LIVES
ON MOST OF THE GREAT MAMMALS

WITH ONE EXCEPTION--THE
ELEPHANT.

BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHERS
WILLING TO TAKE PART.

IT'S PERFECTLY COMFORTABLE ON
THE BUFFALO AND DOESN'T WORRY

ABOUT GETTING CRUSHED IN THE
MIDDLE OF

ALL THOSE TONS OF MUSCLE.

THE BUFFALO HAS A STRANGE HABIT;
WHEN RESTING, IT NEEDS TO BE IN

CONTACT WITH ITS FELLOWS.

HERE, WHERE EACH CREATURE CAN
HOPE FOR A BIT OF ROOM AND

PEACE, ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE
HERD PREFER TO STICK VERY

CLOSELY TO EACH OTHER; UNIQUE
BEHAVIOR AMONG

THE LARGE MAMMALS.

THE BUFFALO IS THE UNRIVALED
STAR OF TOGETHERNESS.

CONTINUALLY ASSAULTED BY
PARASITES, THE ANIMAL DOES ALL

IT CAN TO RELIEVE THE ITCHING.

IDEALLY, THE BEST CURATIVE AND
PREVENTATIVE TREATMENT IS THE

MUD BATH AND MOST OFTEN, AND
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE BATH IS A

BIT ON THE SMALL SIDE, IT'S THE
LARGE MALES THAT TAKE PRIORITY.

THIS BIG BUFFALO IS TAKING HIS
TIME.

HE HAS NO REASON TO HURRY.

HE'S BIGGER AND MORE POWERFUL
THAN THE OTHERS WHO WILL JUST

HAVE TO WAIT PATIENTLY THEIR
TURN.

WATCHING THIS BATH TIME SCENE,
WE MIGHT BE TEMPTED TO CHOOSE

THE BUFFALO AS THE CHAMPION OF
DISCIPLINE OR COURTESY.

THE BUFFALO IS AN ANIMAL WHOSE
STATUS MARKEDLY

MODIFIES ITS BEHAVIOR.

WHILE ALL BUFFALOS GO TO THE
WATER EVERY DAY BECAUSE THEY

HAVE TO DRINK, ONLY THE
SEDENTARY OLD MALES WHO LIVE

OUTSIDE THE HERD HAVE A REGULAR
BATH THERE.

APART FROM THE ELEPHANT AND OF
COURSE THE HIPPOPOTAMUS, THERE

ARE VERY FEW MAMMALS WHO IMMERSE
THEMSELVES COMPLETELY LIKE THIS.

HERE, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SEE AN UNLIKELY

SWIMMING COMPETITION.

A BUFFALO CAN WEIGH UP TO 1,700
POUNDS AND CAN MEASURE ALMOST 5

FEET FROM THE TIP OF ONE HORN TO
THE OTHER.

IT IS THE UNRIVALED CHAMPION IN
THE BOVINE CATEGORY,

AND IT'S A TITLE THEY TAKE
EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY.

UP NEXT, WE'LL FIND OUT THE
FASTEST WAY TO TAKE THINGS SLOW.

AND A NOSY NATIVE TAKES CENTER
STAGE ALONG THE RIVERBANK.

BUT FIRST, IT'S TIME FOR
WILDLIFE A--Z.

GORILLAS ARE ONE OF NATURE'S
MOST RECOGNIZABLE CREATURES,

CAPTIVATING THE MASSES AS THE
LARGEST OF THE GREAT APES.

IN THE WILD, THESE MAJESTIC
ANIMALS ARE EXCLUSIVELY FOUND IN

AFRICA, MAKING THEIR HOMES IN
MOUNTAINS AND LOWLAND FORESTS.

HOWEVER, GORILLAS ARE CRITICALLY
ENDANGERED.

SO MANY RESIDE IN PROTECTED
AREAS AND ACCREDITED ZOOS.

BUT WHETHER IN NATURE OR IN
PROFESSIONAL CARE, GORILLAS ARE

ALL ABOUT HIERARCHY.

THE TROOP RELIES ON A
SILVERBACK, AN ALPHA MALE, TO

MAINTAIN PEACE AND PROTECT THE
GROUP.

MEANWHILE, CHILD-REARING IS A
TASK SHARED BY ALL.

IT'S A PRACTICED AND PERFECTED
METHOD FOR SURVIVAL NO MATTER

WHERE THEY CALL HOME.

THERE'S MORE "EARTH ODYSSEY"
COMING UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: WELCOME BACK.

I'M HERE AT BROOKFIELD ZOO WITH
DR. MIKE ADKESSON AND WE'VE GOT

SOPHIA THE LEOPARD TORTOISE.

SO, THESE ANIMALS ACTUALLY LIVE
IN THE SAVANNAH WHICH SEEMS

PRETTY HOT FOR A TORTOISE.

HOW DO THEY STAY COOL?

DR. MIKE: YEAH, SO THEY STAY
COOL A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

BURROWING DOWN A LITTLE BIT,
FINDING SPOTS OF SHADE NEXT TO

ROCKS OR EVEN JUST KIND OF DUG
DOWN INTO THE GRASS.

DYLAN: SO, I KNOW THERE'S
TORTOISES, THERE'S TURTLES,

THERE'S TERRAPINS.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
ALL THREE?

DR. MIKE: SO, TORTOISES LIKE
THIS LEOPARD TORTOISE ARE GONNA

BE LAND-BASED ANIMALS.

TURTLES ARE THE MORE AQUATIC,
FRESHWATER, SEA TURTLE.

SHE'S GOT A LOT OF HARD SCALES
ON THE FRONT OF HER LEGS HERE,

BUT THEN EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S
INSIDE HER SHELL

IS NICE AND SOFT.

DYLAN: SO GREAT.

DR. MIKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NOW BACK TO OUR SHOW.

LEOPARD TORTOISES AREN'T THE
ONLY SHELL-BOUND STARS OF THE

AFRICAN SAVANNAH.

THIS IS A SHARP-CLAWED TURTLE,
STAKING ITS CLAIM DOWN AT THE

WATERING HOLE.

IT'S A TERRAPIN, AN AQUATIC
SPECIES THAT LOVES TO LAZE

AROUND ON THE ROCKS IN THE SUN.

THE FEMALES OF THE SPECIES ARE
BIGGER THAN THE MALES.

THEIR SHELL CAN MEASURE MORE
THAN A FOOT AND A HALF, AND THEY

WEIGH NEARLY 15 POUNDS.

AS THE DAY WEARS ON, THEY
ALTERNATE RESTING ON DRY LAND

AND SWIMMING.

THIS TURTLE FEEDS ESSENTIALLY IN
THE WATER WHERE IT FINDS SNAILS,

SMALL FISH, CRABS, AND FROGS.

THIS ONE IS CHURNING UP THE
RIVERBED LOOKING FOR DECOMPOSING

MATTER LEFT BEHIND BY
CROCODILES, ONE OF

ITS MAIN PREDATORS.

BUT IT'S WHEN ITS AROUND BUFFALO
THAT THE TERRAPIN STANDS OUT FOR

ONE VERY ORIGINAL FEEDING HABIT.

IT EATS THE TICKS THAT IT FINDS
ON THE BUFFALO'S BACKS.

THE TINY CREATURES ARE OFTEN A
LITTLE HIGH AND NOT EASY TO GET

AT, BUT THE TERRAPINS DON'T GIVE
UP AND ARE EXTREMELY PATIENT.

AT SOME POINT, THERE ARE BOUND
TO BE A FEW TICKS THAT COME

WITHIN REACH, THEY JUST HAVE TO
WAIT FOR THE BUFFALO

TO MOVE A BIT.

THERE'S NO DANGER FOR THEM IN
THIS BECAUSE THE BUFFALO

APPRECIATES THEIR CONTRIBUTION
TO ITS HYGIENIC WELLBEING.

TO HAVE A SCRATCH HERE OR THERE,
ANIMALS USE

ANYTHING THAT'S AVAILABLE.

TREE TRUNKS.

BRANCHES.

OR, EVEN ROCKS.

PARADOXICALLY, BIRDS USE DUST TO
CLEAN THEMSELVES.

NOT ONLY DOES THE CLOUD OF DUST
GET RID OF PARASITES,

IT'S MAINLY TO ABSORB THE EXCESS
NATURAL OILS

FROM THEIR FEATHERS.

THE HONEY BADGER SCRATCHES IN A
CLASSIC AND VERY EFFICIENT

WAY--BY USING ITS LONG CLAWS.

IN THE LIST OF TOILETRY AND
HYGIENE ACCESSORIES, ONE THING

IS HIGHLY IMPORTANT AMONG THE
HERBIVORES--AND THAT'S THE TAIL.

IT'S PARTICULARLY USEFUL FOR
SWATTING AWAY THE FLIES

THAT IT ATTRACTS.

TAILS ARE AS UNIQUE AS THE
ANIMALS THEMSELVES.

SOME ARE SHORTENED, CUT OFF
QUITE HIGH,

LIKE THIS GIRAFFE'S.

THIS ELDERLY MALE HAS SOME OLD
SCARS.

THEY'RE NOT MARKS LEFT BY SOME
PREDATORS' ATTACKS, BUT THE

RESULTS OF HIS CONFRONTATIONS
WITH OTHER MALE GIRAFFES.

IT'S LIVING PROOF THAT LIFE IN
THE WILD COMES WITH PLENTY OF

CHALLENGES, EVEN AMONG FAMILY.

COMING UP, WE'LL MEET A MASSIVE
MAMMAL WITH A POINT TO PROVE.

THAT AND MORE WHEN "EARTH
ODYSSEY" RETURNS.

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NARRATOR: WE NOW RETURN TO THE
MORE YOU KNOW ON NBC.

[MUSIC]

DYLAN: SMALL OR LARGE MAMMALS,
REPTILES OR BIRDS, NO PLACE IS

MORE SOCIAL THAN THE LOCAL
WATERING HOLE.

IT'S THE DAILY TRAINING GROUND
FOR THESE SUPERSTARS TRYING TO

KEEP FIT.

THE ELEPHANT IS HAPPY ANYWHERE
AS LONG AS THERE'S WATER.

THAT'S THE ONLY FACTOR HALTING
THEIR SPREAD

ACROSS THE CONTINENT.

ELEPHANTS CAN DRINK UP TO 50
GALLONS OF WATER PER DAY, SO

IT'S NO WONDER THEY PREFER TO
STAY WHERE THE WATER

IS IN AMPLE SUPPLY.

THIS IS THE FIRST IN A WHOLE
SERIES OF ANIMAL WORLD RECORDS

ELEPHANTS CLAIM.

[ADVENTUROUS MUSIC WITH NATURE
SOUNDS]

DYLAN: IT HEADS FOR WATER AT
THE HOTTEST TIME OF THE DAY

BECAUSE IT HAS A PRESSING NEED
FOR REFRESHMENT.

ITS DARK SKIN ABSORBS A VAST
NUMBER OF CALORIES AND PROVIDES

NO INSULATION.

SO, TO LOWER ITS TEMPERATURE,
THE ELEPHANT RELIES ON WATER AND

ON ITS HEAVILY-VEINED EARS.

THE EARS OF AN ADULT CAN MEASURE
5 FEET BY 3 FEET IN SIZE;

THEY'RE THE BIGGEST IN THE
WORLD.

THE ELEPHANT'S TRUNK IS IN A
CLASS OF ITS OWN BECAUSE IT'S

UNIQUE IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

THIS ENORMOUS AND HIGHLY-USEFUL
APPENDAGE IS MADE UP OF AN

UNEQUALED NUMBER OF MUSCLE
FIBERS,

MORE THAN 40,000 IN ALL.

THIS IS WHAT GIVES THE TRUNK ITS
INCOMPARABLE

FLEXIBILITY AND SKILL.

THE BIGGEST TERRESTRIAL MAMMAL,
IT WEIGHS IN AT MORE THAN

10,000 POUNDS.

THE ELEPHANT HAS NO COMPETITION
IN THE HEAVYWEIGHT CATEGORY.

THE CLOSEST CHALLENGER, BUT
STILL A LONG WAY BEHIND,

IS THE HIPPOPOTAMUS.

AT BIRTH, THE HIPPO WEIGHS ONLY
ABOUT 90 POUNDS, BUT IT GROWS

QUICKLY AND AT A YEAR OLD, A
BABY LIKE THIS ONE ALREADY

WEIGHS A QUARTER OF A TON.

THE WEIGHT OF AN ADULT
HIPPOPOTAMUS VARIES CONSIDERABLY

ACCORDING TO THE INDIVIDUAL.

A MALE WEIGHS FROM 1 TO 3 TONS,
OR MORE THAN 6,000 POUNDS.

BUT A FORMIDABLE FEMALE CAN
WEIGH MORE THAN

AN ORDINARY MALE.

THIS MEANS THAT IT'S OFTEN
DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH MALE

FROM FEMALE FROM A DISTANCE.

IN THIRD PLACE ON THE
HEAVYWEIGHT PODIUM IS

THE WHITE RHINOCEROS.

IN FACT, IT HAS A MORE
IMPRESSIVE MASS THAN THE HIPPO,

BUT IT WEIGHS LESS.

A MALE WEIGHS ABOUT 2
TONS--THAT'S A TOP RANKING AMONG

THE SPECIES.

BUT THE RHINO'S MASS ISN'T THEIR
SIGNATURE TRAIT.

THE FRONT HORN ON A RHINOCEROS
MEASURES ON AVERAGE ABOUT 2 FEET

LONG, HELPING THE RHINO MAKE A
POINT OF STANDING OUT, USING ITS

MOST INTIMIDATING FEATURE.

THIS COLLECTION OF INCREDIBLE
AFRICAN CREATURES NEVER CEASES

TO AMAZE, GIVING THEM THE
WELL-DESERVED TITLE OF

SAVANNAH SUPERSTARS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY
ON OUR AFRICAN ADVENTURE.

FEW PLACES ON EARTH HAVE A MORE
VIBRANT AND DIVERSE

COMMUNITY OF WILDLIFE.

WITH MORE THAN 1 MILLION ANIMAL
SPECIES CALLING THIS CONTINENT

HOME, IT'S NO WONDER THAT SOME
OF OUR PLANET'S BIGGEST

SUPERSTARS CAN BE FOUND HERE
THRIVING IN THE LUSH WARM

EMBRACE OF THE SAVANNAH.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME FOR
ANOTHER EPISODE OF

"EARTH ODYSSEY."

[MUSIC]